Baron Zouche
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Genealogy
The de la Zouche family descended from Alan de la Zouche, sometimes called Alan de Porhoët and Alan la Coche (c. 1136–1190), a BretonBrittany
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who settled in England
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during the reign of Henry II
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. He was the son of Vicomte Geoffrey I de Porhoët and Hawisa of Brittany. He married Adeline (Alice) de Belmeis, daughter of Phillip de Belmeis and Maud la Meschine and died at North Melton in Devon
Devon
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. He obtained Ashby in Leicestershire
Leicestershire
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(called after him Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Ashby-de-la-Zouch, — Zouch being pronounced "Zoosh" — often shortened to Ashby, is a small market town and civil parish in North West Leicestershire, England, within the National Forest. It is twinned with Pithiviers in north-central France....
) by his marriage. His son was Roger la Zouche (c. 1175 – bef. 14 May 1238). Roger La Zouche became the father of Alan la Zouche (1205–1270)
Alan la Zouche (1205–1270)
Alan la Zouche Baron Zouche was an Anglo-Norman nobleman and soldier.-Background:He was the son of Roger de la Zouch and the grandson of Alan de la Zouch. This elder Alan, the first of the family to be established in England, was a younger son of ‘Galfridus vicecomes,’ that is, in all probability...
and Eudo La Zouche.http://www.armidalesoftware.com/issue/full/Thaler_545_main.html Alan was justice of Chester
Chester
Chester is a city in Cheshire, England. Lying on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales, it is home to 77,040 inhabitants, and is the largest and most populous settlement of the wider unitary authority area of Cheshire West and Chester, which had a population of 328,100 according to the...
and justice of Ireland
Ireland
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under Henry III of England
Henry III of England
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. He was loyal to the king during the struggle with the barons, fought at the Battle of Lewes
Battle of Lewes
The Battle of Lewes was one of two main battles of the conflict known as the Second Barons' War. It took place at Lewes in Sussex, on 14 May 1264...
and helped to arrange the peace of Kenilworth
Kenilworth
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. As the result of a quarrel over some lands with John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey, he was seriously injured in Westminster Hall by the earl and his retainers, and died on August 10, 1270.
Eudo La Zouche married Millicent de Cantilou.http://www.armidalesoftware.com/issue/full/Thaler_545_main.html Alan's grandson, Alan la Zouche
Alan la Zouche, 1st Baron la Zouche of Ashby
Alan la Zouche, 1st Baron la Zouche of Ashby was born at North Molton, Devonshire, the only son of Roger La Zouche and his wife, Ela Longespee, daughter of Stephen Longespee and Emmeline de Ridelsford. He received seisin of his father's lands after doing homage on October 13, 1289...
, was summoned to Parliament on 6 February 1299 as Baron la Zouche of Ashby. He was governor of Rockingham Castle
Rockingham Castle
Rockingham Castle is a former royal castle and hunting lodge in Rockingham Forest a mile to the north of Corby, Northamptonshire.-History:The site on which the castle stands has been used in the Iron Age, Roman period and by the invading Saxons also used by the Normans, Tudors and also used in the...
and steward of Rockingham Forest
Rockingham Forest
Rockingham Forest is a former Mediæval royal hunting forest in the East Midlands region of England; most of which was in the county of Northamptonshire but also extended slightly into the neighbouring counties of Leicestershire and Lincolnshire .The forest originally stretched from Stamford down...
. However, this barony fell into abeyance on his death in 1314. Another grandson of Alan de la Zouche was William la Zouche, Lord of Haryngworth
Harringworth
Harringworth is a village and civil parish in East Northamptonshire extremely close to the Northants-Rutland border. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 247 people....
, who was summoned to Parliament as Baron Zouche, of Haryngworth, on 16 August 1308. His great-great-great-grandson, the fifth Baron, married Alice Seymour, 6th Baroness St Maur, and assumed this peerage in her right. Their son succeeded to both titles. On the death in 1625 of the eleventh and twelfth Baron, the peerages fell into abeyance
Abeyance
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between the latter's daughters Hon. Elizabeth and Hon. Mary. However, in 1815 the Barony of Zouche was called out of abeyance in favour of Sir Cecil Bishopp, 8th Baronet, of Parham (see Bishopp Baronets
Bishopp Baronets
The Bishopp Baronetcy, of Parham in the County of Sussex, was a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1620 for Thomas Bishopp, who had previously represented Gatton in Parliament. In 1815 the abeyance of the ancient Barony of Zouche was terminated in favour of the eighth Baronet, a...
of Parham), who became the twelfth Baron Zouche. Through his mother he was a descendant of the aforementioned Hon. Elizabeth. The Barony of St Maur, however, remains in abeyance to this day. On his death in 1828 he was succeeded in the Baronetcy by a cousin, while the Barony of Zouche once again fell into abeyance, this time between his two daughters Hon. Harriet Anne Curzon and Lady Katherine Isabella Brooke-Pechell. The abeyance was terminated the following year in favour of Hon. Harriet Anne, who became the thirteenth Baroness. Known as Baroness de la Zouch, she was the wife of Hon. Robert Curzon, younger son of Assheton Curzon, 1st Viscount Curzon
Assheton Curzon, 1st Viscount Curzon
Assheton Curzon, 1st Baron Curzon and 1st Viscount Curzon was a British Tory politician.-Background and education:...
. Her son was the fourteenth Baron. On his death the title passed to his son, the fifteenth Baron, and then to the latter's sister, the sixteenth Baroness. She never married and was succeeded by her cousin, the seventeenth Baroness, the granddaughter of a younger son of the thirteenth Baroness. She was succeeded by her grandson, the eighteenth and present Baron, who had already succeeded his father as 12th Baronet in 1944.
Another grandchild of the original Alan de la Zouche, Joyce la Zouche, married Robert Mortimer of Richard's Castle; one of their younger sons, William la Zouche, took the name of la Zouche and bought Ashby-de-la-Zouch from Alan in 1304, the latter to hold it until his death (1314). On December 26, 1323, he was created, by writ, Baron Zouche of Mortimer. This peerage became abeyant in 1406.
Barons la Zouche of Ashby (1299)
- Alan la Zouche, 1st Baron la Zouche of AshbyAlan la Zouche, 1st Baron la Zouche of AshbyAlan la Zouche, 1st Baron la Zouche of Ashby was born at North Molton, Devonshire, the only son of Roger La Zouche and his wife, Ela Longespee, daughter of Stephen Longespee and Emmeline de Ridelsford. He received seisin of his father's lands after doing homage on October 13, 1289...
(1267–1314) (abeyant 1314)
Barons Zouche of Haryngworth (1308)
- William la Zouche, 1st Baron Zouche (1276–1352)
- William la Zouche, 2nd Baron Zouche (1321–1382)
- William la Zouche, 3rd Baron Zouche (c. 1355–1396)
- William la Zouche, 4th Baron Zouche (c. 1373–1415)
- William la Zouche, 5th Baron Zouche (c. 1402–1462)
- William la Zouche, 6th Baron Zouche, 7th Baron St Maur (c. 1432–1468)
- John la Zouche, 7th Baron Zouche, 8th Baron St Maur (1459–1526) (His attainderAttainderIn English criminal law, attainder or attinctura is the metaphorical 'stain' or 'corruption of blood' which arises from being condemned for a serious capital crime . It entails losing not only one's property and hereditary titles, but typically also the right to pass them on to one's heirs...
of 1485 was reversed in 1495) - John la Zouche, 8th Baron Zouche, 9th Baron St Maur (c. 1486–1550)
- Richard la Zouche, 9th Baron Zouche, 10th Baron St Maur (c. 1510–1552)
- George la Zouche, 10th Baron Zouche, 11th Baron St Maur (c. 1526–1569)
- Edward la Zouche, 11th Baron Zouche, 12th Baron St MaurEdward la Zouche, 11th Baron ZoucheEdward la Zouche, 11th Baron Zouche, 12th Baron St Maur was an English diplomat.-Early Life:Zouche was the son of George la Zouche, 10th Baron Zouche and his wife Margaret, née Welby....
(1556–1625) (abeyant 1625) - Cecil Bisshopp, 12th Baron Zouche (1753–1828) (abeyance terminated 1815; abeyant 1828)
- Harriet Anne Curzon, 13th Baroness Zouche (1787–1870) (abeyance terminated 1829)
- Robert Curzon, 14th Baron ZoucheRobert Curzon, 14th Baron ZoucheRobert Curzon, 14th Baron Zouche , styled The Honourable Robert Curzon between 1829 and 1870, was an English traveller, diplomat and author, active in the Near East. He was responsible for acquiring several unimportant and late Biblical manuscripts from Eastern Orthodox monasteries.Curzon was the...
(1810–1873) - Robert Nathaniel Cecil George Curzon, 15th Baron Zouche (1851–1914)
- Darea Curzon, 16th Baroness Zouche (1860–1917)
- Mary Cecil Frankland, 17th Baroness Zouche (1875–1965)
- Hon. Sir Thomas William Assheton Frankland, 11th Baronet (1902–1944)
- James Assheton Frankland, 18th Baron Zouche (b. 1943)
The heir apparent
Heir apparent
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is the present holder's son the Hon. William Thomas Assheton Frankland (b. 1983)
Barons Zouche of Mortimer (1323)
- William la Zouche, 1st Baron Zouche of Mortimer (d. 1337)
- Alan la Zouche, 2nd Baron Zouche of Mortimer (1317–1346)
- Hugh la Zouche, 3rd Baron Zouche of Mortimer (1338–1368)
- Robert la Zouche, 4th Baron Zouche of Mortimer (d. 1399)
- Joyce Burnell, 5th Baroness Zouche of Mortimer (d. 1406) (abeyant 1406)
See also
- House of Rohan
- Baron St Maur
- Bishop Baronets, of ParhamBishopp BaronetsThe Bishopp Baronetcy, of Parham in the County of Sussex, was a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1620 for Thomas Bishopp, who had previously represented Gatton in Parliament. In 1815 the abeyance of the ancient Barony of Zouche was terminated in favour of the eighth Baronet, a...
- Frankland Baronets, of ParhamFrankland BaronetsThe Frankland Baronetcy, of Thirkelby in the County of York, is a title in the Baronetage of England, created in 1660 for William Frankland. He later represented Thirsk in Parliament....